Ararahih'urípih
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êev a greeting or term of address used by women to female intimates

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1274 | revised Nov 07 2014

êev • INTERJ • a greeting or term of address used by women to female intimates

Source: WB 346, p.332

Usage: females only.

  • kári xás upíip yítha pa'ifápiit, ii! íf êev sishanayâamach toosíinvar. And one young women said, "Alas, dear, pretty-one-with-a-penis has really drowned! [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 042]
  • xás upiip, yáxa, êev. And she said, "Look, dear." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 094]

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. xás upiip, " yáxa, éev.
    And she said, "Look, dear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. xás upiip, " oo! êev, chími nútaatripaa pasah'áhup."
    And (the other) said, "Oh, dear, let's hook the driftwood out!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás upiip, " chími, êev, hôoy kích ahúp'anamahach.
    And (one) said, "Come on, dear, where is a little stick?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. kári xás pa'ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chôora êev, íshaha nuktávan."
    And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  5. kári xás upiip yítha pa'ifápiit, " ii! íf êev sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  6. íim êev hûum kích ixútih."
    What do you think, dear?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás upiip " ii! naa êev káru vúra vaa nixútih."
    And she said, "Alas, dear, I think so too."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text